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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Pain in your mouth is difficult to ignore, especially when it affects everyday activities like speaking, eating, or sleeping. Here are some of the most common reasons to visit your dentist. The first sign to visit your dentist is a persistent toothache. Sometimes our teeth can hurt temporarily due to things like teeth whitening or sinus issues. However, if a toothache does not go away, or goes away and then comes back, this is a good sign to visit your dentist to identify the source of pain. Pai...
Mental health treatment within the criminal justice system plays a pivotal, yet often overlooked, role in both the well-being and rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals. This is often overlooked by the general population due to attitudes against the incarcerated and the lack of overall media attention. It is my belief that change needs to take place. Firstly, while many in society have negative outlooks on incarcerated or previously incarcerated individuals, most fail to realize that approximately 45% of Americans have had an immediate...
Adam D. Lorenz, 33, of Springfield, South Dakota, faced the Honorable Kale Burdick via Zoom from a South Dakota Department of Corrections’ facility on July 2, to be sentenced for two Class 3 misdemeanor counts of unauthorized use of financial devices, committed in February 2023. Burdick sentenced Lorenz to 10 days in the Holt County Jail on each count, to be served concurrently and concurrent to sentence he is currently serving in South Dakota. He is ordered to pay $158.87 restitution to Julie Tielke and was taxed $60 costs. Lorenz pleaded g...
"If you're happy and you know it clap your hands." It's a song familiar to all of us. However, how familiar is the awareness of our body clues of feeling happy to all of us to truly "know it?" Recognizing body clues and sensations to aid in the next steps of labeling emotions is the first key skill in emotional intelligence. Unfortunately, these are not skills we are taught. Mental health development across the lifespan is as vital as physical and cognitive development. Understanding the...
Approximately 2,279 students at the University of South Dakota are being honored for their high achievement during the spring 2024 semester. Area students named to the dean's list include Taelyn Switzer, Clearwater, and Hadley Cheatum, Page. Full-time, undergraduate students are named to the dean's List if they received a 3.5 grade-point average for courses taken in the spring 2024 semester....
Doctors are taught medical terms and jargon in medical school like a secret code. Many medical terms are rooted in Greek and Latin. Over the course of our training, these words become second nature and we become fluent in this medical "language," although we are also expected to talk to our patients using simple terminology. However, most specialties in medicine still use the original Greek and Latin roots for their names. Once you know where these names come from, everything makes sense. Most...
What a show! Overflow crowds watched nearly 300 cowboys and cowgirls provide thrills and spills over the weekend at Clearwater's Big Rodeo. In the process, competitors took home approximately $34,000 in prize money. "What an amazing three nights of rodeo," said Curt Thiele, Clearwater Chamber of Commerce president. "We were blessed with very good weather and competition was high, with a big number of competitors." Sutton Schrunk, of Valentine, scored 77 in bull riding to take home the top prize...
Over nearly 20 years, I lost track of how many times I was required to drive to Whiteclay to report on a protest about the beer stores there. Those four stores sold up to 3.5 million cans of beer a year and were the liquor stores of choice for the adjacent Pine Ridge Indian Reservation right across the Nebraska-South Dakota border. Alcoholism is a horrible problem on the reservation – which annually ranks as one of the poorest areas in the country – even though alcohol sales and possession are...
As husband and wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients. In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine. There are several causes and many treatment options exist depending on the type. The two main types of urinary leakage in women are urge urinary incontinence and stress urinary incontinence. For women with urge incontinence, treatment is aimed at improving quality of life disrupted by overactive...
Many have tried, and few have succeeded in expanding the state’s sales tax base by taxing things now exempt from taxation. But that is where Gov. Jim Pillen is venturing in his pursuit of property tax relief. His initial plan, which failed to win approval in the state Legislature this spring, would have imposed new taxes on a host of items that could be labeled “low-hanging fruit.” I mean who’s going to get upset if we start imposing taxes on edibles infused with hemp, those slot machine...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Creighton was definitely the place to be this past weekend for American Legion baseball action as nine teams were in action for the Berry Pepper Tournament, June 14 to 16. Five seniors teams competing were Tri-County, Creighton, Albion, PWG and Wagner, South Dakota. Four junior teams competing were Tri-County, Creighton, Albion and PWG. The Titans made the short trip over to Creighton for action all three days in either junior or senior games. In the first game on Friday, the junior Titans played Albion and lost the game,...
Doctors write prescriptions for medications all the time. However, have you ever heard of a doctor prescribing a walk in the park? While this prescription will not fit in a bottle, it can pack some powerful health benefits. It may sound strange, but doctors actually can prescribe time outdoors to their patients with the help of a national program, ParkRx.org. This free online program can help a patient track their outdoor activity and discuss more outdoor exercise options with their doctor. In...
Three defendants recently faced the Honorable Kale Burdick in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill for driving under the influence of alcohol. Avery A. Dilsaver, 43, of O’Neill faced Burdick June 11 for sentencing on a DUI charge, a Class W misdemeanor committed in the city in December 2023. Burdick placed Dilsaver on probation for nine months, fined him $500 and ordered him to serve two days in the Holt County Jail, with credit given for one day previously served. The jail sentence was suspended until June 21. His driver’s license was revok...
Donald M. Santacroce, 66, of Rapid City, South Dakota, appeared in front of the Honorable Mark Kozisec in the Holt County district courtroom in O’Neill on June 3, to be sentenced for his conviction of theft by unlawful taking, $1,500-$4,999. Kozisec sentenced Santacroce to 254-255 days in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, with credit given for 135 days previously served. Taking good time into account, Santacroce was entitled to immediate release. He was taxed $275.23 costs of prosecution. S...
Cheryl A. Meier 1948 - 2024 Funeral services for Cheryl A. Meier, 75, of Orchard, will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday June 12, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Clearwater with Pastor Sollberger officiating. Burial will be in Ewing City Cemetery in Ewing. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, June 11, at Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Clearwater. Cheryl Ann Meier, died peacefully, surrounded by family, on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at her home in Orchard, following a brief illness. Condolences may be...
Scotti Fullbright 1951-2024 Scotti Dean Fullbright, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, was promoted to his 'Long Home' on May 28, in Wichita, Kansas, after battling an infection in his body for several months. He was born June 3, 1951, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to parents Paul and Myrna (Wilcox) Fullbright. He was a rambunctious child by all accounts and his early life was punctuated by tragedy when his father passed away suddenly when he was just 13. In his high school years, his...
Darlene C. Schueth 1931 - 2024 A memorial service for Darlene C. Schueth, 92, of Tilden, formerly of Clearwater, will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 13, at St. John the Baptist Church, rural Ewing, with Father John Norman officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 12, at St. John the Baptist Church, from 5 to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. wake service. Darlene died Saturday, June 8, 2024, at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Care Center in Norfolk....
The Honorable James Kube saw a short criminal court agenda when he presided from the bench of the Antelope County District Court last week. Rowdy Burke, 52, of Elgin appeared without counsel for a hearing on the status of his bond. Burke was given a deferred jail sentence by Kube last month, and subsequently failed to show up at the Antelope County Jail on April 28 as ordered for his co.viction of driving under suspension. He was arrested in Lincoln on April 29. Antelope County attorney Joe Smith, who had initiated the hearing “declined to g...
My name is Joanie Holm. I am a certified nurse practitioner in Brookings, South Dakota, and I am the person fortunate to have been the life partner of the original Prairie Doc, Richard P. Holm, M.D. Rick and I were married for 40 years before his passing in March 2020. During those wonderful decades together, if I could point to one powerful action that strengthened our relationship with each other, with our family, our community and with our patients, it would be the act of kindness....
Scotti Dean Fullbright, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend was promoted to his 'Long Home' on May 28, 2024, in Wichita, Kansas, after battling an infection in his body for several months. He was born on June 3, 1951, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Paul and Myrna (Wilcox) Fullbright. He was a rambunctious child by all accounts and his early life was punctuated by tragedy when his father passed away suddenly when he was just 13. In his high school years, his family, including siblings...
A memorial service for Darlene C. Schueth, 92, of Tilden, formerly of Clearwater, will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 13, at St. John the Baptist Church, rural Ewing, with Father John Norman officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 12, at 5 to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. wake service all at St. John the Baptist Church. Darlene died Saturday, June 8, 2024, at St. Joseph's Rehabilitation Care Center in Norfolk. Snider Memorial Funeral Home is...
Describing life as a Marine Corps recruit, Jacob Hoffman said, "I was broke down mentally, physically and emotionally." Hoffman shared his experiences as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, based at Camp Pendleton, California, during a Memorial Day address at St. Dominic's Hall in Ewing. "Once you step on the yellow footprints and walk through the door, you are no longer yourself," Hoffman said as he explained why recruits are trained to talk and think in third person. "You're either...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Charlene Hughes, registered nurse, is the 2024 Caring Kind Award winner of Antelope Memorial Hospital. Hughes was recognized for this award on Tuesday, May 14, during National Hospital Week. Each year, the Nebraska Hospital Association honors employees from hospitals across the state as "Caring Kind" employees. The honored employee must exemplify the spirit of someone who gives that "something special" to others. Hughes began her career in 1971 at Antelope Memorial Hospital as...
As unique is our loss is as unique is our grief. What do we do when one day we can smile, laugh and look back at memories with fondness and thankfulness for the life we shared with our loved one; the next day we feel paralyzed by our pain and sadness? We feel broken and feel as though we may never be our "old self" again? We may not like the answer ... we feel what we feel. There is no twelve steps, timeline or prescription for our grief. New research supports that as unique as we are as...
A reprieve, for now. On May 13, Sens. Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts confirmed that U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy confirmed the U. S. Postal Service will pause the movement of mail processing operations, including the processing and distribution center in North Platte. Ricketts said, “The Postal Service’s primary responsibility is to provide timely and reliable delivery to every community across our country. Modernization plans should improve customer service, not reduce it. I’m glad the postmaster general listened to our call to delay...
